414th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1981 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco/Midway So it’s time for another one of our old shoot ’em ups, part of our constant catchup, as well as just going through these games in order. We’ve covered its predecessor in the entertaining Galaxian, and from […]
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#23 Galaga
Posted: 1st April 2015 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1981, arcade, midway, namco, shoot 'em up
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396th played so farGenre: Platform Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1984 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Time for a bit of catch up! In 1984, after gaining fame in his maze, Pac Man breaks out into his own platformer. Normally these genre shifts tend to be, at the best, dicey, but its presence on this list […]
316th played so far Genre: Maze Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco One of the more… interesting entries on our list of genres is the maze genre. Half of it are different Pac Man entries, there’s the previous Mr. Do, and then two other digging-based games. The old Boulder Dash, pretty […]
311th played so far Genre: Maze Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1980 Developer: Namco Publisher: Midway Pac-Man is probably one of the most recognised gaming characters out there – in fact, he probably is the most recognised out of all of them. His simple shape and early mascot status seems to make this all but […]
236th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1982 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco There is a big argument for doing games in strictly chronological order, that way we can see exactly who did what first and who influenced whom. Xevious is the earliest example of a vertical shooting game that […]
235th played so far Genre: Driving Platform: PSP Year of Release:ย 2004 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco There’s several games in this series, with two others sharing the title, and one (the 1993 edition) being on the list for future play as well. I guess that means it’s a notable, good racing game, but I’ll be […]
189th played so far Genre: Fighting Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1988 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco Rounding off our stint of games from 1986-1990 is a rather different title which is a cross between The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Zombies Ate Our Neighbours. Unlike any of the fighting games we have encountered during this blog […]
#334 Final Furlong, #269 Puzzle Bobble
Posted: 7th August 2012 by Mulholland in GamesTags: 1994, 1997, arcade, namco, puzzle, racing, taito, Various
As you have undoubtedly noticed we are, once again, doing two ames in one post. We did this two months ago after trawling the arcades of Piccadilly Circus so what could that mean? It was a grey Saturday. Slightly chilly and there was some spits of rain in the afternoon… so of course this is […]
158th played so far Genre: Shoot ‘Em Up Platform: Arcade Year of Release: 1979 Developer: Namco Publisher: Namco So here we go – game one of what I’ve unofficially dubbed our weekend of shoot ’em ups. We’ve got lots of them to do for the blog, and many are fairly quick and straight forward, so […]
#268 Point Blank, #317 Time Crisis, #451 Silent Scope 2: Dark Silhouette
Posted: 5th May 2012 by Jeroen in GamesTags: 1994, 1996, 2000, arcade, konami, namco, playstation, shoot 'em up
So yeah, as you can see we’re doing three games in one post – three arcade shoot ’em ups, in fact. Please allow me to explain. Today (as I’m writing this, that is), we were out in London for a private celebration and, having some time to spare, Peter suggested we’d visit the London Trocadero. […]